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New Class of Diabetes Drugs Effective in Controlling Blood Glucose
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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First Phase II Short-Term Study on Dapagliflozin Shows Results on Safety, Tolerability and Glycemic Markers in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.
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Statins and Fibrates Prevents Diabetic Neuropathy by 48%
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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A major epidemiological study conducted over eight years in Australia has shown that two classes of lipid-lowering drugs - statins and fibrates - significantly lower the risk of developing nerve damage known as peripheral sensory diabetic neuropathy.
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New Drug Cycloset Improves Glucose Control and Reduces CVD Risk
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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A quick release formulation of bromocriptine mesylate in patients with type 2 diabetes improves glycemic control and reduces diabetic cardiovascular complications.
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Diabetes a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in 3.3 Million Subjects
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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A new study concludes that patients with type 2 diabetes 30 years of age and older who are receiving glucose-reducing treatment should also receive prompt intensive prophylactic treatment for cardiovascular disease.
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Once Weekly Dosing GLP-1 Promotes Beta-Cell Growth
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Preclinical data suggests a long-acting formulation of native, human GLP-1 can promote the growth of insulin producing cells (beta cells) in a type 1 diabetes animal model.
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Cheap Fructose May Exact High Metabolic Price
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Fructose in sodas and other beverages -- but not glucose -- can set patients on the fast track to atherosclerosis, investigators here reported.
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Patients Beat Physicians at Insulin Dose Adjustment
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Type 2 diabetes patients taught to titrate their own insulin detemir (Levemir) dose may equal or exceed the results that physicians achieve, researchers reported.
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Blood Glucose Monitoring for Non-Insulin Users Shows No Benefits
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Regular self-monitoring of blood glucose, at least by people with type 2 diabetes who do not use insulin injections, did not result in a clinically significant reduction in blood glucose control in a year-long study.
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Fetus At Risk At Lower Levels of Maternal Blood Glucose Than Thought
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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New Findings Likely to Lead to More Diagnoses of Gestational Diabetes.
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First Use of Cord Blood to Alter Course of Type 1 Diabetes
Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Yields Insights for Developing Future Cocktail to Treat the Disease. Transfusion of the person's own cord blood into newly diagnosed Type 1's, reduced the severity of their diabetes.
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